IDICBeer/IDICBeer Jr Vs Table Top Banter (Warhammer 40k Battle Report)

Nick speaking,

Time for my son and I to battle it out against Callum and Harry from Table Top Banter, I always knew this would be a fantastic game, and it didn't let my expectations down at all! My son and I had so much fun teaming our armies up and we can't wait to do it again soon. I hope you enjoy the battle report as much as we enjoyed the game...

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Eldar Vs Dark Angels (500pt Battle Report)

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I always enjoy putting my Forge World Avatar down on the table, and five hundred point games always seem to be the ideal time to do it. Lets see how he gets on against Dark Angels and their Plasma...

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Nidzilla Vs Dark Angels (Table Top Banter Game)

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Here is the game that I was talking about in the previous post. Callum and I had a fantastic time and it was really great to play someone new on the table. Please don't forget to check out his YouTube Channel here: Table Top banter

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Space Wolves Vs Dark Angels (1k BatRep)

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Battle report of my first game with the Space Wolves, and I am up against my sons new Dark Angels army. We used this first 1k game build up to motivate us to get our armies painted. Neither of us are using optimal use of the points, as I think I could have got another unit of Grey Hunters in the army if I didn't take Blackmain and so many wargear options! Still, it was all about seeing our new armies on the table and having fun, enjoy...

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IDICBeer Jr's New Dark Angels Army!

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OK, proud dad moment! Here are a few pictures of my twelve year old sons new Dark Angels army from a recent game we had. I think he did a fantastic job on them and I can see how well his painting has improved over the last few years compared to his Vanilla Marines. He has painted one thousand points so far to match my Space Wolves army and these pictures are from our very first game with the two new armies. Battle report to follow soon...

 

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Dark Angels Belial Painted

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A while back, I was asked by one of my YouTube buddies dunk1978banker, to help him magnetise his Belial Terminator arms for his new Dark Angels army. You can check out how I did the magnetising here in this post, but before you do that, take a look at these pictures of Belial all painted up. Although Dunk is an Amazing painter, on this occasion he let one of his friends bring this guy life and I think he has done a wonderful job...

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How to Magnetise Belial Terminator Arms

Nick speaking,

I was recently asked by one of my YouTube followers dunk1978bamker, to help him magnetise his Belial Terminator arms for his new Dark Angels army. Dunk has already done a couple of great paint jobs for me, so I was more than happy to help him out. First I got him to glue everything together, except for the magnetised sections, before he sent him out to me...

I started by trimming off the sticky out circle that the arm would normally sit onto. I then drilled out a hole big enough for a magnet to go into it. The picture below just shows my initial drill hole, but in the end, I had to make a bigger hole for the magnets I finally used...

Don't forget to put a small piece of green stuff/grey stuff in the hole before you glue the magnet in, as it will help it stick better. I also did opposite polarities on the left and right sides, so that the arms will only magnetise onto the correct side of the body. This also gives you the added bonus of the arms being able to magnetise together when they are not on the body, making it easier for storage purposes. I recessed the magnets slightly, so that I could fill in the hole with grey stuff and file it down nice as flat...

Dunk sent me the usual arm combinations of, TH/SS, Lighting Claws and Power Sword/Gun. I used some 5x1mm magnets for the arms (you can get them from eBay), which are the perfect size for the arm joints. Once again I started with a small hole in the arm, but this time it was just to put a piece of grey stuff in to help the magnets bond. The magnets sit right into the joint with no problems at all, but I did add a bit of grey stuff next to the magnet on the arm, where the armpit is, to fully hide the magnets.

All done and ready to post back to Dunk for him to do one of his amazing paint jobs on him. I am sure Dunk will send me a picture of him when he's finished for me to share with you guy's...

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